Improved crib and cradle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. EASTMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVED CRIB AND CRADLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,091, dated January31, 1865.

To LZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. EASTMAN, of the city and county ofBaltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements upon a patent granted me on the 9th day of April,1861, for a Portable Folding Bedstead.

This invention consists in fastening, in a peculiar and novel manner,the head and foot boards to the bed-frame When up in position; also,folding crib sides hinged to the side rails of the bed-frame to couvertthe bedstead into a crib or trundle bedstead; also, rockers attached tothe folding posts, forming, when up, a rocking cradle or crib; also, ametallic 1nosquito-barframe,7 hinged to the back of the head and footboards, for the purpose of supporting a mosquito-net when the bedsteadis up in position; and I do hereby declare the following to be a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of cribwhen up in positim; Fig. 2, a top view when folded.

`L in Fig. 1 is a bolt and thu1nb-nut,7 which pass through the frame A.'lhere are two of these bolts, one at each end of the frame.

K K are hooks,7 attached to the head and foot boards when the bedsteadis up in position. The hooks pass around the bolts and are tightened bythe thumb-nuts.

M M are rockers,7 so attached to the folding posts B B as to form, whenup, a rocking crib, and when folded pass over and rest on the frame A,as in Fig. 2.

N N are folding crib sides,7 hinged to the side rails of the bed-frameA, thus converting the bedstead, when up in position, into a childs cribor trundle-bedstead. These crib` sides fold upon the mattress in such aWay as to allow the. head and footboards to fold close to and pass overthem, as in Fig. 2.

O O are metallic mosquito-bar frames,

hinged sides N N, rockers M M, bolts and thumb-nuts L, hooks K, andmetallic fra-me O, all constructed and arranged substantially as and forthe purposes set forth and dcscribed.

Witnesses: H. W. EASTMAN.

ANDW. J. H. WAY, JOHN W. BUTLER.

